About
Roman Mars (@romanmars) is the host and producer of KALW’s 99% Invisible, a short radio show about design and architecture. The 99% Invisible podcast recently reached #2 in the iTunes rankings for all podcasts, as well as #1 in both the Arts and Design categories. He is also the host, producer and program director of Public Radio Remix from PRX. His reported and documentary work has most recently aired on Radiolab, The Story, Snap Judgment, Morning Edition, Weekend America, KALW’s Crosscurrents and WBEZ’s Re:sound. Before going rogue, Mars spent over three years at WBEZ’s Third Coast International Audio Festival as the project senior producer and sound designer, developing their weekly documentary radio program and producing the TCF national broadcast specials for Public Radio International. Mars started his radio career at KALW in San Francisco and was best known as host and executive producer of Invisible Ink, an independent literary audio zine. The show received numerous recognitions from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters and was named “Best of the Bay” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. His work has been presented on Transom.org and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Hear more at romanmars.com
Sam Greenspan’s (@samlistens) pursuit of a good story has lead him to debate the merits capitalism waist-deep in a dumpster, talk street soccer with displaced Palestinians in Brazil, and investigate claims of secret music inside of public transit systems. (Twice.) When he’s not producing 99% Invisible, Sam works as a producer at NPR and as a freelance reporter. He has lived and made radio in Florida, Philadelphia, Maine, DC, and Baltimore, where he currently resides. Hear more at samgreenspan.net
